Tab control in C# code behind

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Guys,

I want to ask something about tab control in c#.
I've been doing this for couple of days and don't find it.

The tab item you can find it on xaml solution but you can't find it C# (code behind)like...

this is from xaml how am i to convert it to c#?(as a code behind?)

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<TabControl TabStripPlacement="Top" Margin="0, 0, 0, 10">
  <TabItem Name="tabIitemContent" Header="TabItem with Buttons">
    <StackPanel>
      <Button Content="_OK"/>
      <Button Content="_Cancel"/>
    </StackPanel>
  </TabItem>

  <TabItem Name="backgroundcolor" Header="Background">
    <TabItem.Content>Background property information goes here.</TabItem.Content>
  </TabItem>

  <TabItem Name="foregroundcolor" Header="Foreground">
    <TabItem.Content>Foreground property information goes here.</TabItem.Content>
  </TabItem>

  <TabItem Name="bordercolor" Header="BorderColor">
    <TabItem.Content>Border color property information goes here.</TabItem.Content>
  </TabItem>
</TabControl>

Posted 20-Apr-11 18:18pm

phongsuk wangdu

Updated 20-Apr-11 21:54pm

Dalek Dave

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Prerak Patel 21-Apr-11 0:55am

Question is not clear.

Dalek Dave 21-Apr-11 3:54am

Edited for Grammar and Readabilty.

phongsuk wangdu 21-Apr-11 4:06am

thanks dalek..i will improve later on.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-20T18:53:00

Solution 1

This Question makes no sense at all!
If this code behind, there is no "convert": code behind is used with XAML, not instead of it.

Perhaps, you really need C# equivalent of XAML. In this way, you would though out this XAML and code it all manually in C#. You need to start with some container, create a TabControl, add to a container. Look at the TabControl class, add everything in code. In principle, you can start with main window and go without any XAML at all. And no code behind at all.

Sorry, I think you have a little chance that somebody will be interested to do this boring work for you. You don't even conducted what you really want.

Maybe you have to make a big step back (I cannot tell exactly how much back) in your learning and find out how to do more elementary things.

—SA

Posted 20-Apr-11 18:53pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Prerak Patel 21-Apr-11 0:58am

Have a 5. I really couldn't understand the question itself.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 1:02am

Thank you very much, Prerak.
--SA

phongsuk wangdu 21-Apr-11 3:04am

i'm just asking..hey if u wanna just help me,but dont critise people.i know i really need much more learning gimme some break.

Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 3:19am

Hey you are that character in the movie 3 Idiots!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 3:25am

Why?!
--SA

Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 3:30am

Ohkay phongsuk, I have answered your question, you can check it now.

Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 3:51am

A vote of 5 for recommending OP to use XAML instead of code-behind which is the best practice.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 4:16am

Thank you, Tarun, but your comment is confusing: there is no "instead of code-behind", as "code-behind" is always "behind" XAML (in case of WPF). I'm sure you understand it in fact and mean "pure code in C#, C++/CLI, etc.".

Well, I can give you some real-time example when you really need code without XAML (or designer). Are you intrigued?

1) The data model is created with some graphical tools representing UML class diagram. The tools generates code; this code generates UI with control and code needed to edit the instance of this data model (the data model plays the role of the meta-model for data edited with code-generated tool).

2) Data model is represented by a set of pure-data .NET classes. This data model is extracted from the meta-data using Reflection used to generate some UI one the fly. The controls of those UI are generated the way to edit data, as in example (1).

I've designed and implemented both scenarios.
From these example you should see that the request of our best friend Phongsuk Wangdu is not stupid at all -- the approach really makes sense is some advanced programming. I only criticized it because the Question was not formulated in a sensible way. I actually hoped for re-formulation of the problem the way it would make sense and even suggested it in my 2nd paragraph.

Cheers,
--SA

Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 5:11am

Sorry for the late reply, had gone to have lunch. :)
Hmmm I think I got your point here. From both the points, I deduced that for each control that we add in XAML, each generates a code "behind the scenes", I opened the bin/debug folder of my project and found it in file of type g.cs and each xaml creats a .baml file.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 5:21am

Yes, yes, this is the thing... A question of terminology (or rather jargon or culture) what is behind what, but that's the essence of it. Good note.
--SA

Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 5:34am

Yes that terminology caused the confusion. Cool I think I will study more about this.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 16:09pm

I just say I think you understand correctly how it works, it looks like, and the terminology is something else...
Cheers,
--SA

phongsuk wangdu 21-Apr-11 4:06am

thanks again.nice

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 4:18am

You're welcome. Please see my previous comment (to a comment by Tarun) to get and idea how such things were used.

Would you consider formally accepting the answer(s) (green button :-)?
Thank you.
--SA

Tarun.K.S · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-20T21:25:00

Solution 2

I tried myself and this is how it will look like :

C#

TabControl tc = new TabControl();
TabItem item1 = new TabItem();
item1.Name = "tabIitemContent";
item1.Header = "Tab Item with Buttons";
StackPanel panel = new StackPanel();
Button btnOk = new Button();
btnOk.Content = "_OK";
panel.Children.Add(btnOk);
Button btnCancel = new Button();
btnOk.Content = "_Cancel";
item1.Content = panel;
tc.Items.Add(item1);

TabItem item2 = new TabIten();
item2.Name = "backgroundcolor";
item2.Header = "background";
item2.Content = "Background property information goes here.";
tc.Items.Add(item2);

I assume now you have got the idea how it works.
Good luck!

Posted 20-Apr-11 21:25pm

Tarun.K.S

Updated 20-Apr-11 21:29pm

v2

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phongsuk wangdu 21-Apr-11 3:33am

thanks tarun K.S..THIS IS HOW COMMUNITY WORKS,SUPPORT EACH OTHER SAKryukov!!

Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 3:36am

You're welcome. Do vote and accept the answer(s) which helped you.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 3:44am

Why you address it to me? :-)
--SA

GlobX 26-Apr-11 18:39pm

"THIS IS HOW COMMUNITY WORKS,SUPPORT EACH OTHER SAKryukov!!"

Hahaha! So, you're not so amazing after all, SA ;-)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Apr-11 19:23pm

Really? Do I have to be... after all? :-)
Or, who do you address to.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-Apr-11 19:25pm

Or that was from one who post a question which "makes no sense at all", in my opinion? No wonder...

Best regards to everyone!
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 3:45am

Thank you for showing how to do it, Tarun. Good, my 5.
--SA

Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 3:48am

Thanks SA! You are very generous in voting! :)

Dalek Dave 21-Apr-11 3:55am

Well Done.

Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 4:07am

Thanks again DD! :)

phongsuk wangdu 21-Apr-11 4:07am

done..thanks...now i can finish my project

Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 4:11am

Cool!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 5:22am

But the answer is not accepted. More problems?
--SA

phongsuk wangdu 22-Apr-11 3:33am

i have accepted.tq